unsurpassed
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6.3
- adjective
- /ˌʌn.sərˈpæst/
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inigualable
- The warmth that comes from his show is unsurpassed, and what a voice!
Examples
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And that husband of yours, I can only say that his reputation is unsurpassed.
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A century later, Americans embraced a system of religious liberty that remains unsurpassed in history.
Academic text (2008) -
As a focus for attention, it is unsurpassed.
Academic text (1999) -
Your tracking skills, lieutenant, are unsurpassed.
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But if we join those excellences together into combined strength, we are simply unsurpassed in what we can achieve.
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Craft brewed beer is where it's at; taste and quality are unsurpassed.
Blog text (31) -
Computers are an unsurpassed means of gathering and manipulating large amounts of legal information.
Academic text (1993) -
For 25 years, they have been a major manufacturer of tungsten, tantalum, and molybdenum products of unsurpassed quality and reliability.
Academic text (1997) -
It was at MGM that I learned the workings of the studio's glamour mill... ...comprised of dozens of talented artists and technicians... ...who made MGM's leading ladies appear on the screen... ...as images of unsurpassed beauty.
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The restaurant's culinary techniques are unsurpassed, attracting food lovers from all over the city.
Synonyms
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6.7
Better than anything else in quality or size
13
4.5
Being better or more impressive than anything else
9
5.3
Better than any other person or thing
4
6.2
Better than any other person or thing
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6.2
A person or thing that is better than all others
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7.7
So good that no one can do better
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8.1
Better than any other
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9.9
Having no equal in quality or skill
Better than anything else in quality or success
How Excellent
Surface Forms
Morphology
unsurpassed = surpassed (transparent) = un + surpass + ed
The prefix 'un-' straightforwardly negates the past-participial/adjectival 'surpassed' to mean 'not exceeded', which is directly inferable.
Etymology
Unsurpassed is built from un- 'not' and surpass 'to go past or be better than', and you can see the simple word pass inside it. So something unsurpassed has not been passed or beaten by anyone, meaning it is 'the best'.